Thank goodness it's Friday! It's been a long week, and you're looking
forward to happy hour. But a night on the town can do serious damage to your diet,
especially if you order cocktails made with high-calorie mixers. Still, happy
hour doesn't have to be a diet downer. With a little planning, you can avoid
diet disaster, and there are some alcoholic drinks that are relatively
low in calories.
It's all too easy to overdo it with alcohol calories. We all know desserts
are fattening. But when it comes to alcoholic drinks, sometimes the calories
don't register, even though a single chocolate martini has more calories than a
McDonald's grilled chicken sandwich. In fact, 1 gram of alcohol has 7 calories,
compared with only 4 calories for a gram of carbohydrates or protein.
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